These horseshoes were excavated in 1920 by the Field Exploration Committee from a refuse dump at Connecticut Village, an American military camp in Putnam County, New York. The camp was one of several built to guard the Hudson Highlands from British attack, and was occupied by Connecticut troops during the winter of 1780-1781. The horses that wore these shoes could have been owned by officers, or been used to transport artillery and supplies.

These bullets were excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort Ticonderoga, at Lake Champlain in New York. Built by the French in 1755, the fort was destroyed in 1759 in anticipation of capture by General Amherst. The fort was captured on May 10, 1775 by the Green Mountain Boys under Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold, and recaptured in June, 1777 by General Burgoyne. The smaller bullet is probably a pistol ball.

This tack was excavated by the Field Exploration Committee at Fort Ticonderoga, at Lake Champlain in New York. Built by the French in 1755 and called Carillon, the fort was destroyed in 1759 in anticipation of capture by General Amherst. Rebuilt as Ticonderoga, it was captured on May 10, 1775 by the Green Mountain Boys under Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold, and recaptured by General Burgoyne's army in June, 1777.

This object was found by Reginald P. Bolton and others on 173rd Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

This earthenware dish was found at the Colonial Tippet house in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

This brick was secured by its donor from the temporary masoleum built for General Ulysses S. Grant at Clermont, New York. The general's body was moved to a permanent tomb in 1894.

These objects were excavated by Reginald P. Bolton and others from the floors of twenty huts that were built onto the side of a hill that once stood at Arden Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Built after the surrender of Fort Washington by American forces on November 16, 1776, the camp was occupied by British and Hessian troops until evacuation in 1783.

This brick was found at Fraunces Tavern, a Colonial tavern at Pearl and Whitehall Streets in lower Manhattan.